The most common compressed archive file format in Linux is the tar.gz format. Tar file is an archive file format. Tar.gz is a compressed tar file.

How to create a compressed tar.gz file from a folder or file in Linux?

In order to create a compressed tar.gz archive from a folder/file we need to run the following tar command:tar czf new-tar-file-name.tar.gz file-or-folder-to-archive

Here is the command explanation:

tar - the tar command.

c - create new archive.

z - compress the archive using gzip.

f - use archive file.

new-tar-file-name.tar.gz - the name of the tar.gz to create.

file-or-folder-to-archive - the name of the folder we want to archive.

How to create a compressed tar.gz file from multiple files and folders in Linux?

In order to create a compressed tar.gz file from multiple files or/and folders we need to run the same tar command we used when we archived a single file/folder and to append the rest of the files/folders' names to it.tar -czf new-tar-file-name.tar.gz file1 file2 folder1 folder2

How to extract a compressed tar.gz file in Linux?

tar -xzf tar-file-name.tar.gz

Here is the command explanation:

tar - the tar command.

x - extract the archive.

z - uncompress the archive using gzip.

f - use archive file.

tar-file-name.tar.gz - the name of the tar.gz to create.

The tar command will extract all the files/folders in the archive to the current directory.

How to extract a compressed tar.bz2 file in Linux?

Extracting tar.bz2 (bzip2 file) is very similar to the way you extract tar.gz file. Instead of using the -z flag you need to use the -j flag for the bzip2 formattar -xjf tar-file-name.tar.gz

Here is the command explanation:

tar - the tar command.

x - extract the archive.

j - filter the archive through bzip2

f - use archive file.

tar-file-name.tar.gz - the name of the tar.gz to create.

The tar command will extract all the files/folders in the archive to the current directory.